Church and State: Football Fans Want Package Deal

Separation of church and state is an American tradition based in part, off the first amendment. However, a school in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia attempted to blur the lines between the two and ended up having the school district step in. What happened was that the cheerleaders for the football team decided to display religious messages on their banners because they wanted to promote the Bible at their public school.
Still, when a parent complained about the tradition stating that it could potentially result in litigation, specifically a first amendment lawsuit, the school district sided with the concerned parent and ordered that the religious sentiments be removed from all school sponsored programs. In recent news, there has been an increase in the amount of religious messages being displayed at the games, but this time by the crowd instead of the cheerleaders.
From a personal standpoint, I can relate to wanting prayer and other religious things back in the school but I understand why that cannot be. It is not fair to promote any one religion over another in a public forum like a school because it subjects non-believers and agnostics to unwanted religious discourse. It will be interesting to see what the school does about the increase in religious fervor and also what happens the day a sign goes up with non-Christian beliefs on it. Here’s the link (Sorry, still can't figure out how to insert the link):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/us/27cheerleader.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=barred%20from%20field,%20religious%20signs%20move%20to%20stands&st=cse